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RAB18

Chr 10p12.1

RAB18, member RAS oncogene family

MANE:
ENST00000356940.11

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Predicted protein structure

Clinical relevance (Genomics England PanelApp)

Diagnostic Grade (Green)

  • Anophthalmia or microphthalmia

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Bilateral congenital or childhood onset cataracts

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Corneal abnormalities

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • DDG2P

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Early onset or syndromic epilepsy

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Fetal anomalies

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Intellectual disability

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Malformations of cortical development

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal

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Disease associations (Open Targets)

  • Micro syndrome

    0.81
  • Warburg micro syndrome

    0.58
  • neurodegenerative disease

    0.50
  • cerebral atherosclerosis

    0.29
  • malunion fracture

    0.28
  • adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

    0.24
  • hereditary disease

    0.19
  • skull disorder

    0.19
  • alcohol drinking

    0.19
  • acquired thrombocytopenia

    0.19

Score is the Open Targets composite evidence score (0-1). Higher = stronger gene-disease association.

Protein function (UniProt)

Ras-related protein Rab-18

The small GTPases Rab are key regulators of intracellular membrane trafficking, from the formation of transport vesicles to their fusion with membranes (PubMed:24891604, PubMed:30970241). Rabs cycle between an inactive GDP-bound form and an active GTP-bound form that is able to recruit to membranes different sets of downstream effectors directly responsible for vesicle formation, movement, tethering and fusion (PubMed:24891604, PubMed:30970241). RAB18 is required for the localization of ZFYVE1 to lipid droplets and for its function in mediating the formation of endoplasmic reticulum-lipid droplets (ER-LD) contacts (PubMed:30970241). Also required for maintaining endoplasmic reticulum structure (PubMed:24891604). Plays a role in apical endocytosis/recycling (By similarity). Plays a key role in eye and brain development and neurodegeneration (PubMed:21473985)

Data sources: HGNC (CC BY 4.0), AlphaFold (CC BY 4.0, Jumper et al. Nature 2021), Genomics England PanelApp (CC BY 4.0), ClinGen, Open Targets (CC0), UniProt.

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